I asked about the JB and Jazz set on another thread but it doesn't sound like the JB meets my needs. We I want clarity and crunch on overdrive, but I need lovely cleans like Tom Delonge has on his Angels and Airwaves stuff, or like the lead guitar on U2's Where The Streets Have No Name.

I plan on using DiMarzios in another project so want to go SD in this one. Can anyone recommend a set that will do as I want? Don't tell me to buy a new amp, that's already in the pipeline!

SH is normal spaced, TB stands for Trembucker, or "F spaced", as DiMarzio calls it. It has to do with the pole spacing of the pickup, and the string spacing on your guitar.

Originally, years and years ago it had to do with F spaced pups going into guitars with trems (Fenders), and normal spaced going into guitars with fixed bridges (Gibsons), but that distinction really doesn't exist anymore as there are so many different kinds of guitars and bridges.

Now, I'm not sure on the exact measurements, so hopefully someone can confirm or deny this, but for normal spacing I think that from 1st to 6th string is 50mm and F spacing is 52mm (measure from the middle of your 1st string to the middle of your 6th string.

Also not sure if this is true or not, but I believe that all neck position pickups are normal spaced. It's only the bridge where the spacing significantly differs.

SD Seth Lovers are, in my opinion, some of the best sounding pickups around. They're super vintagey sounding, but they should be able to conjure up enough dirt for what you're trying to do. Also, they're not wax potted, which I think sounds better, but can be slightly noisy at times, although not as much as single coils.